The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
FRENCH SCHOOLBOYG
What wonId New York Bow Think II They
Had to Lead such 70 Lie A. Thiss
From The PdtLddeSphtd pTess.

From the Philadelphia Preu
Winter and summer the French schoolboy
rises at In the morninR. or, rathor. he y sup
to tell him he is to get up. a SECOND one rings
S2S to inform him that IN IN. rye Minutes no
him to leave tho dornitory. OF course. he
rises at 5;25 puts on his clothes with prodiE-
ious rapity sss hissf dry polish q
to the study room; From this YOU will easily
d"smto a Il sixty French S"ys T In the Study
room, under tho supervision OF an usher he
Breakfast is ready at s. During the free ten
Soys anu MI have WASH These 20 By tie
| name of driStOs (aristocratsl
larse piece q bread: Al s. ny have 70 10 in
The clnss Ia-ts two hours. after which they re-
IT, the STUDY so' to un! ~ o
stews aud Vegetables, swimming IN mysterious
sauces The bread is nd Iihium. When boy
boiling a baske,ful Of Spt lSsysy: is stationed
those pairs d empty hands az fast as they are
put up. He lings, the boys eaton u is quite a
Sms assure y0a The drink Iaoa
tablespoonful OF wine In decanter OF water.
As for play. it has to take place In a more or
liz rrson WAKE rsa
blade Of grass to be seen-a mere Graveled
xo no Oh srpu ss the s By st
coats While the usher is At distance. the little
d the IL srs s b s
in their places In the study room till q when It
Il sSs 70
mediately handed over to the ushers, they
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porter. NJ They pay lin ss. when tRey re-
for shs re sS!S"Ps h like Z sh G Ssf
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supper consists OF boiled beef, or course or
two Of vegetables; sometimes an apple or a
tSs not Very festive board For dri1f the min
ture as before. After this frugal repast the
Sofm a t Those who Wo care to Indulge il
little washing may do 30 before going to- bed.
as to be clean ,o the o9Tng DAY. sas
a remark to a French boy over IL when he is
no longer under tho supervision OF matron)
Provided he has cravat on. nobody will scold
him for having dirty neck II cleanliness is
next to godiiness, the French schoolboy Is
ss sets hSsd ia, that 4 j. to AZ
In tie afternoon he goes for a walk. The col:
lege is divided into big. middle. and email
thus thus two By two, accompanied o. By ushers. The
boys are marched through the streets. Silence
Is compulsory while In town. and the ranks are
not t. be broken until the little battalion has
reached the country. There they can play
walk or sit OH the grass under the eyes OF the
ushers for an hour or two. whom he ranks are
formed again and they are marched back to
what have no hesitation In calling their bar
racks, not to say their prison. On Sunday the
boy, who has his parents or guardian In town
Il allowed to go home for the day. II he Is not
kept In for one OF those thousand and one
petty offences Invented at pleasure by the
ushers and their supporters. On leavlnR school
which the hour OF his departure Is marked.
and the parents are to write on It at what time
he has reached home. He has to be back at
school at 10 p. NJ. punctually and again his
parents have to write on The eisnt at what time
months in the suinmer. two or three days at
the beginning OF the year. and week or ten
corporal punishment is banlshed from all
a boy the odds arc ten to one that the boy
would defend himself and threaten the master
with the iirst obIeet-inkpot or bo0k-he could
lay his hands on Boys are punished by means
OF long and weary impositions. When they
q boy to DO expelled from a French ivcee 10 no
light matter. for the doors OF all the others are
closed u him; and the faculties may even re-
fuse TO allow him 10 stand rs candidate for
may Be- ruined ioTeser for II france "a mns s
WHO'S neither B. A.. nor b. 8. cannot study
medicine or tho law: he cannot enter the mill
tary schools, or be u candidate Tor any Of the
ness ia the only opening ieit 10 him.
My opinion Is that when French parents have
made up their minds to send q boy 10 years old
20 tvoes Ill he IL 90 they have sentenced him
70 something very near In severity to ten Year,